2007–08 HV71 season

2007–08 HV71
Elitserien Champions
League	1st SHL
2007–08 record	31–13–11
Home record	18–4–6
Road record	13–9–5
Goals for	178
Goals against	132
Team information
General Manager	Fredrik Stillman
Coach	Kent Johansson
Captain	Johan Davidsson
Alternate captains	Per Gustafsson David Petrasek
Arena	Kinnarps Arena
Average attendance	7,002 (99%)
Team leaders
Goals	Jukka Voutilainen (26)
Assists	Johan Davidsson (34)
Points	Jukka Voutilainen (46)
Penalties in minutes	Lance Ward (212)
Goals against average	Stefan Liv (2.26)
2008–09>

The 2007–08 HV71 season began September 24, 2007 against Frölunda HC. It was the club's 24th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

After winning their game against Modo Hockey in overtime on February 28, HV71 clinched the regular season league title, for a total of three times. HV71 won the playoffs on April 18, winning the sixth game in the finals by 3-2 and the series 4-2 against Linköpings HC. This was their third time becoming Swedish Champions in the club's history.

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – HV71	55	31	13	11	3	4	178	132	107
x – Linköpings HC	55	21	14	20	9	4	166	153	92
x – Modo Hockey	55	26	22	7	5	1	153	150	90
x – Färjestads BK	55	25	19	11	3	3	169	147	89
x – Timrå IK	55	23	23	9	5	2	134	136	83
x – Frölunda HC	55	23	22	10	3	4	159	157	82
x – Djurgårdens IF Hockey	55	21	20	14	2	2	145	139	79
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	19	20	16	2	6	135	141	75
e – Södertälje SK	55	18	24	13	2	4	123	129	69
e – Luleå HF	55	17	25	13	2	6	139	164	66
r – Mora IK	55	17	25	13	2	4	133	160	66
r – Brynäs IF	55	16	30	9	4	2	152	178	61

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in regulation series

Game log

2007–08 Game log
September: 2–0–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 24 Frölunda HC 5 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 1–0–0 3 2 September 27 HV71 2 – 1 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,800 2–0–0 6 3 September 29 Djurgårdens IF 4 – 4 HV71 OT Liv 6,920 2–0–1 7
October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 4 October 1 HV71 2 – 3 Mora IK Liv 3,580 2–1–1 7 5 October 4 Timrå IK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 6,944 3–1–1 10 6 October 6 HV71 5 – 4 Brynäs IF Liv 6,441 4–1–1 13 7 October 9 Luleå HF 0 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,016 5–1–1 16 8 October 11 HV71 3 – 6 Linköpings HC Andersson 8,246 5–2–1 16 9 October 13 Södertälje SK 1 – 4 HV71 Andersson 7,006 6–2–1 19 10 October 16 HV71 4 – 3 Modo Hockey Liv 6,468 7–2–1 22 11 October 20 Färjestads BK 0 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 8–2–1 25 12 October 22 HV71 2 – 5 Färjestads BK Liv 7,196 8–3–1 25 13 October 25 Modo Hockey 2 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 9–3–1 28 14 October 27 HV71 3 – 0 Södertälje SK Liv 4,419 10–3–1 31 15 October 29 Linköpings HC 5 – 6 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 10–3–2 33
November: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 16 November 1 HV71 2 – 2 Luleå HF OT Liv 4,226 10–3–3 34 17 November 3 Brynäs IF 1 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 11–3–3 37 18 November 15 HV71 1 – 3 Timrå IK Liv 5,714 11–4–3 37 19 November 17 Mora IK 2 – 4 HV71 Andersson 6,946 12–4–3 40 20 November 19 HV71 8 – 2 Djurgårdens IF Andersson 7,098 13–4–3 43 21 November 22 Skellefteå AIK 2 – 6 HV71 Liv 6,941 14–4–3 46 22 November 24 HV71 3 – 2 Frölunda HC Liv 12,044 15–4–3 49 23 November 26 Frölunda HC 3 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 16–4–3 52 24 November 29 HV71 3 – 4 Mora IK Liv 3,490 16–5–3 52
December: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Färjestads BK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 17–5–3 55 26 December 4 HV71 3 – 2 Södertälje SK Liv 2,987 18–5–3 58 27 December 6 Linköpings HC 1 – 0 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 18–5–4 59 28 December 8 HV71 0 – 4 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,051 18–6–4 59 29 December 18 Brynäs IF 3 – 2 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 18–6–5 60 30 December 20 HV71 4 – 2 Timrå IK Liv 5,112 19–6–5 63 31 December 28 Djurgårdens IF 5 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 19–7–5 63 32 December 30 HV71 2 – 1 Luleå HF Liv 4,637 20–7–5 66
January: 5–2–3 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 3 Modo Hockey 3 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 20–8–5 66 34 January 5 HV71 2 – 3 Frölunda HC OT Liv 12,044 20–8–6 67 35 January 8 Mora IK 1 – 3 HV71 Andersson 6,876 21–8–6 70 36 January 12 HV71 1 – 4 Färjestads BK Liv 8,250 21–9–6 70 37 January 15 Södertälje SK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 22–9–6 73 38 January 17 HV71 1 – 1 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,239 22–9–7 74 39 January 19 Skellefteå AIK 2 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 23–9–7 77 40 January 24 HV71 5 – 2 Brynäs IF Liv 4,899 24–9–7 80 41 January 26 Timrå IK 2 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 25–9–7 83 42 January 28 HV71 2 – 2 Djurgårdens IF OT Liv 7,084 25–9–8 84 43 January 31 Luleå HF 4 – 5 HV71 OT Liv 6,983 25–9–9 86
February: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 February 2 HV71 6 – 2 Modo Hockey Liv 7,600 26–9–9 89 49 February 12 HV71 4 – 0 Linköpings HC Andersson 8,083 27–9–9 92 45 February 14 HV71 0 – 4 Mora IK Andersson 3,311 27–10–9 92 46 February 16 Timrå IK 3 – 0 HV71 Liv 7,038 27–11–9 92 47 February 18 HV71 2 – 0 Brynäs IF Liv 4,347 28–11–9 95 48 February 21 Luleå HF 2 – 8 HV71 Liv 6,922 29–11–9 98 50 February 26 Färjestads BK 0 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 30–11–9 101 51 February 28 Modo Hockey 2 – 3 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 30–11–10 103
March: 1–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 March 1 HV71 2 – 3 Frölunda HC OT Liv 7,038 30–11–11 104 53 March 3 Södertälje SK 4 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 30–12–11 104 54 March 6 HV71 3 – 4 Skellefteå AIK Liv 7,038 30–13–11 104 55 March 8 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 31–13–11 107 Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

HV71 ended the 2007–08 regular season as the league winner and first seed. HV71 chose to meet the eight seed, Skellefteå AIK, in the quarterfinals and defeated them in five games. HV71 played the fifth seed, Timrå IK, in the semifinals. Timrå was defeated in six games. In the finals HV71 defeated Linköpings HC, the second seed, in six games, winning the series with 4-2.

2008 Elitserien playoffs

Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Skellefteå AIK - HV71 win series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 11 HV71 1 – 2 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,900 Skellefteå AIK lead 1–0 2 March 13 Skellefteå AIK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 1–1 3 March 15 HV71 7 – 1 Skellefteå AIK Liv 6,001 HV71 lead 2–1 4 March 17 Skellefteå AIK 0 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–1 5 March 18 Skellefteå AIK 0 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 win series, 4–1 Semifinals: vs. (5) Timrå IK - HV71 win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 24 HV71 3 – 5 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 Timrå IK lead 1–0 2 March 26 Timrå IK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 1–1 3 March 28 HV71 2 – 3 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 Timrå IK lead 2–1 4 March 30 Timrå IK 0 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 2–2 5 March 31 Timrå IK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–2 6 April 3 HV71 2 – 1 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 HV71 win series, 4–2 Finals: vs. (2) Linköpings HC - HV71 win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 7 HV71 4 – 6 Linköpings HC Liv 8,500 Linköpings HC lead 1–0 2 April 9 Linköpings HC 2 – 1 HV71 Liv 7,038 Linköpings HC lead 2–0 3 April 11 HV71 4 – 3 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,500 Linköpings HC lead 2–1 4 April 14 Linköpings HC 1 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 2–2 5 April 16 Linköpings HC 3 – 7 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–2 6 April 18 HV71 3 – 2 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,500 HV71 win series, 4–2 Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jukka Voutilainen	51	26	20	46	21	30
Johan Davidsson	47	9	34	43	18	18
Jan Hrdina	51	18	24	42	7	60
Martin Thörnberg	51	20	17	37	15	68
Mikko Luoma	49	10	25	35	7	58
Per Ledin	52	16	17	33	13	137
Johan Åkerman	45	9	24	35	1	38
Pasi Puistola	55	11	21	32	9	99
Andreas Jämtin	51	17	13	30	10	167
Johan Lindström	50	4	18	22	-3	22

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jukka Voutilainen	17	9	12	21	9	12
Johan Davidsson	17	8	12	20	7	2
Martin Thörnberg	17	7	10	17	9	10
Johan Åkerman	17	3	13	16	6	8
David Petrasek	17	6	4	10	0	18
Pasi Puistola	17	1	8	9	6	14
Jan Hrdina	16	6	1	7	-3	53
Mikko Luoma	17	2	5	7	-1	20
Per Ledin	17	2	5	7	-4	63
Andreas Falk	17	4	2	6	4	12

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Stefan Liv	48	2785	26	11	11	3	3	105	5	.91	2.26
Andreas Andersson	7	538	5	2	0	0	0	22	1	.91	2.45

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Stefan Liv	17	1020	12	5	0	2	0	31	3	.93	1.82
Andreas Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

Transactions

Acquired by HV71 Player Former team Contract Terms Mika Niskanen Timrå IK 1 year Andreas Andersson Rögle BK 2 years Stefan Liv Grand Rapids Griffins 3 years Jonas Johansson Grand Rapids Griffins 2 years Björn Melin Portland Pirates 3 years Nichlas Torp HV71 youth 2 years Mikko Luoma Linköpings HC 2 years Per Ledin Färjestads BK 2 years Eric Johansson Mora IK 1 year

Leaving HV71 Player New team Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings Kimmo Kapanen Ässät Niklas Hjalmarsson Luleå HF Timo Vertala Kärpät Erik Andersson Timrå IK Magnus Åkerlund Timrå IK Pat Kavanagh Iserlohn Roosters Jaroslav Balastik RI OKNA Zlín Jens Svensson Malmö Redhawks Stefan Pettersson Södertälje SK

Roster

Goaltenders 1 – Stefan Liv  35 – Andreas Andersson		Defensemen 4 – Johan Åkerman  5 – Mikko Luoma  7 – Per Gustafsson  - A 8 – Daniel Grillfors  21 – Pasi Puistola  22 – David Petrasek  - A 27 – Johan Halvardsson  38 – Nichlas Torp  47 – Lance Ward		Wingers 10 – Martin Thörnberg  11 – Johan Lindström  16 – Jonas Johansson  19 – David Fredriksson  20 – Eric Johansson  31 – Björn Melin  39 – Jukka Voutilainen  50 – Andreas Jämtin  97 – Per Ledin		Centers 17 – Andreas Falk  24 – Jan Hrdina  33 – Jari Kauppila  76 – Johan Davidsson  - C GM: Fredrik Stillman Coach: Kent Johansson

Draft picks

HV71 players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Picked by
1	24	Mattias Tedenby	LW	New Jersey Devils
4	102	David Ullström	C/LW	New York Islanders
4	109	André Petersson	LW	Ottawa Senators

References

• Player stats (regular season): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se
• Player stats (playoff): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se
• Team standings: Elitserien standings on Hockeyligan.se